The basis of this Etude is my short piano piece, "From Outside A Wall", which you can listen here: http://alonetone.com/igor/tracks/from-outside-a-wall

Piece itself is running, then stops in a melancholy, then runs again...

Well, "Compositions are like horses in so many ways, and taming them should never truly be a process of breaking", in the words of Deon Vozov, composer (comments to Affinity, here: http://soundcloud.com/deonvozov/affinity)

...as we entered the stagnation region, the area of no return?

...and: what snow feels when it's snowflakes flying, dancing, down to us?

All sounds and music recorded right on the Roland Jupiter 80, and are part of a large musical sculpture called "Monolith", which I hope to finish; someday.